Though a devout Muslim, Freeway writes about the streets where he once sold drugs and the guns he now carries to protect himself. “Islam has nothing to do with rap music,” he tells Jake Bronstein of RollingStone.com when asked about the incongruity. “You can’t mix the two. But it’s like if a Muslim worked in a supermarket that sells pork — you’re not supposed to sell pork, but you’ve got to be able to provide for your family. That’s the struggle that I go through inside myself.”